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Google is set to make a big-time gaming announcement next week during the Game Developers Conference, and now the company has released a teaser video.

Google plans to reveal its “vision for the future of gaming” during the March 19 event, and this teaser video may contain some initial clues. As you can see, it appears to reference a number of different game genres, including sports, racing, action, fantasy, and others. The suggestion could be that Google’s new gaming platform would be a place for all of them.

Whatever the case, we’ll learn more soon. The event is scheduled for 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on March 19. The event will be streamed live, and GameSpot will bring you all the news from the show as it happens.

One part of Google’s reveal might be related to Project Stream, the company’s ambitious game-streaming platform. Last year, Google partnered with Ubisoft to make Assassin’s Creed Odyssey playable in a browser. There are also rumors about Google’s “Project Yeti,” which could be the company’s take on a home console.

For more on cloud gaming, check out GameSpot’s primer that explains what cloud gaming is all about and how it could shake up the industry.

In other Google news, the company recently hired former Ubisoft and EA boss Jade Raymond as a new vice president. Given her background, it seems likely that she’ll be contributing to Google’s new gaming division, but nothing is certain yet.

Halo developer 343 Industries made some big Halo announcements today, and excited fans responded by sending pizza to the studio. Now, the developer has pleaded with fans to please stop sending pizza. Community manager Brian Jarrard wrote on Twitter that he and the studio are appreciative, but it’s just too much pizza.

“The Halo community is awesome. We’re excited, too! Please don’t send any more pizzas to 343 Industries,” Jarrard said. “The building receptionist isn’t here, so it’s getting logistically challenging and we really don’t want to see food go to waste.”

Why the pizza? Before all the big Halo reveals today, Jarrard tweeted the pizza emoji for some reason, and now people are running with it and flooding 343’s offices with pizza.

Here is a visual rundown of some of the pizzas that 343 received today:

Some of Microsoft’s announcements today included Halo: The Master Chief Collection for PC and Halo: Reach being added to the collection. Those are two things that fans have been requesting for a long time, so it’s understandable that there would be significant excitement over the announcements.

For more on all the big Halo and Xbox news today, check out this rundown that covers everything you need to know.

Microsoft held its latest Inside Xbox video broadcast today, and it was packed with news. In the space of just an hour, Microsoft made a series of big-time announcements, including Halo: The Master Chief Collection coming PC and adding Halo: Reach, the next big Xbox Game Pass game, a new Xbox One controller design/color, and more.

We’ve rounded up all the big news in once place here to give you a quick look at all the big news announced during the Inside Xbox briefing. While the broadcast had a lot of big news, it didn’t confirm the rumoured disc-free Xbox One or the rumoured launch of Xbox Game Pass for PC. Looks like we’ll have to wait to learn more about those topics.

With that out of the way, here is a rundown of all the big news from Microsoft’s Inside Xbox stream:

Halo: The Master Chief Collection For PC

Confirming earlier rumours and reports, Microsoft officially confirmed that Halo: The Master Chief Collection is coming to PC. It’ll launch later this year on Steam and the Microsoft Store, and the release structure is anything but traditional. Microsoft is releasing each title within the package individually for download and purchase, beginning with Halo: Reach. Microsoft hasn’t confirmed pricing yet, but the entire package on Xbox One sells for $30, so somewhere in that are seems likely for PC. For more, check out these stories:

Halo: Reach Coming To Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Responding to fans’ requests, Microsoft announced that Bungie’s 2010 game Halo: Reach, will join The Master Chief Collection at some point down the road. It’ll be available on Xbox One and the newly announced PC edition. This includes the campaign and multiplayer elements, including Forge and Theatre, along with the fan-favourite Firefight mode. On Xbox One, the multiplayer (including Forge and Theatre) is free, while Microsoft will charge for the campaign and Firefight mode–pricing has yet to be divulged. Xbox Game Pass members, however, will seemingly get the entire package at no extra cost. It’s less clear how it’ll all work on PC, but campaign, multiplayer, and Firefight are coming. Take a look at the story linked below to find out everything we know so far.

A New Xbox One Controller

The Phantom White Special Edition controller was announced during the Inside Xbox briefing. The $70 USD controller goes on sale in April worldwide. Its described as blending “luxury and sci-fi,” whatever that means. You can see it close up in the story linked below.

Minecraft For Xbox Game Pass

One of the biggest games on Earth, Minecraft, is coming to the Xbox Game Pass library on April 4. That’s big news in its own right, as it expands the already-massive sandbox game’s reach further still. It also becomes just the latest family-friendly title in the catalog.

A New Look At Project xCloud

One of the other big reveals during the Inside Xbox stream was a new look at Microsoft’s ambitious game-streaming technology, Project xCloud. The game lets you stream titles directly to a device connected to the internet, which allows you to play high-end games on a low-spec device because the heavy lifting is happening in the cloud. Forza Horizon 4 was shown running on an Android-based phone connected wirelessly to an Xbox One controller. Microsoft also confirmed that public trials for xCloud–or whatever official name Microsoft decides to give the platform–will begin later this year.

Video game industry veteran Jade Raymond, who produced the original Assassin’s Creed before joining EA where she worked on Star Wars, has landed a new job at Google.

Raymond announced on Twitter today that she’s working at Google as a vice president. That’s all she had to say on the matter, so it’s unclear exactly what she’s doing at Google.

Google operates a gaming business with its Project Stream technology that is set to be formally unveiled next during the Game Developers Conference. Raymond would be at least Google’s second high-profile gaming hire, following former PlayStation and Xbox boss Phil Harrison who joined Google as a VP in January 2018.

In her most recent position at EA, Raymond served as senior vice president group general manager of Motive Studios. In that role, Raymond was responsible for leading a new business unit and studio team centered on making new IP and action games. She was also responsible for leading the strategy around EA’s new Star Wars games. She left EA in October 2018.

Many video game industry higher-ups congratulated Raymond on her move to Google. Xbox boss Shannon Loftis said Google is lucky to have Raymond, while Capybara Games boss Nathan Vella enthuses, “Congrats, this is rad.”

As for Google’s GDC event, the company plans to unveil its “vision for the future of gaming”–and it could be related to streaming. In 2018, Google partnered with Ubisoft to test its Project Stream technology that made Assassin’s Creed Odyssey playable straight through a Google Chrome browser.

For more on cloud gaming, check out GameSpot’s primer that explains what cloud gaming is all about and how it could shake up the industry.

In other news, recent rumors have circulated regarding Google’s so-called “Project Yeti,” which is said to be its own take on the home console. It would focus on streaming, and may even have its own exclusive games, but the price and details are unknown.